Online Training | Balancing Duty of Care and Dignity of Risk in Aged Care

Who should attend: Managers, supervisors, team leaders, front line staff and volunteers in home care and residential aged care.

The emphasis on consumer choice and dignity of risk will have even greater prominence under the New Aged Care Act. 

Aged care providers must understand their obligations with respect to consumers’ choice to take risks and live the life of their choosing, regardless of the possible consequences. However, the concepts of dignity of risk and duty of care are often poorly understood and is a difficult area for providers in a highly regulated environment. 

This training will assist providers and their workers understand their legal obligations with respect to dignity of risk, as well as where to draw the line when the risk is too high.

In this training session, our presenters will discuss:

• Understanding dignity of risk and duty of care.
• Legal obligations with respect to dignity of risk.
• The balancing act between dignity of risk and duty of care.
• Understanding who can make choices for a care recipient where the care recipient is unable to do so.
• Risk mitigation strategies and how to fulfil dignity of risk obligations.

We will use case studies to explore the concepts and help staff feel more confident in understanding what choices they are required to respect and when they should say no.

Your presenters for the session will be Anita Courtney (Principal) and Johanna Heaven (Associate).

Opportunity to submit your questions - Q&A

To make the session as interactive as possible, you have the opportunity to submit questions before the training. Please submit any questions to events@rk.com.au.

Online Training Details

We are utilising Zoom to run this webinar. Zoom is free to download and can be viewed from your PC/mobile device. The Zoom link to log into the live training will be sent to registered attendees before the scheduled start time.

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